Hub Stuff

A friend of mine has a bike with 126mm rear spacing

he is looking at getting a wheel built and has been told that he could use a 120mm hub and squeeze down the old steel frame....is this true?

yes its not ideal but it is true

I do it! - was a little worried until I tried it. Frame is Columbus SLX - any steel should be fine.
Google 'cold-setting' as another alternative.

or buy 6 mm worth of washers. Put 3 mm worth on each side.

...or go the other way - I stretched my 126mm drop outs around a 130mm hub with no probs.
Steel is a nice springy flexible material.

Tommy has 6pence and want to buy £3.50 of cake from Pretesh
Pretesh has only two eyes and also wants £3.50 of cake

in the sum how much wold a chicken be worth?

937/2967th of the price of one of your caps with linton tweed and rob's new print

a chicken burger.

No dude, they're washers...

i agree with tommy when i see them i want to eat them

You could also, at a push, use onion rings.

I;ve got the same issue and, according to BLB, so long as the steel is of good quality (mine's a reynolds 531) it's fine.

i'm going to be cold-setting a frame from 110 to 120. Sheldon Brown says just get a big stick and bobs your mother's brother.

now u got me started i want a squid ring now

^^^ That reminds me, anyone know a film about a boxing shrimp? Foreign of course....

I'd go with the spacer washer option, much better. The only reason you'd want to cold set a frame is to accomodate a larger hub - smaller hubs you just respace with washers to fit :)

but be aware of your axle length if you opt to go with spacers.

pfff. it either works or it doesn't, a quick glance will tell you either way :)

photoben ^^^ That reminds me, anyone know a film about a boxing shrimp? Foreign of course....

http://www.prawnhands.com/ ?

I've done it, streach